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3.79 AVERAGE
3.79 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
As far as urban fantasy goes, it was pretty ok. I liked it, but sometimes I thought there was a bit too much going on, too much mythology. And I also kinda hated that there were no other female characters other than the MC and then a troll. Seriously, like it's a total sausage fest.
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Dorina, a 500-year-old half-vampire half-human, has been enlisted by her vampire father to track down Dracula in this action-packed urban fantasy with a bit of spice. I listened to most of this while playing non-narrative part of my video game and didn’t follow as closely as usual, so my rating is probably on the low end. I’m going to try more from this series.
My second attempt at reading a Karen Chance series, Midnight’s Daughter was—for me—a more immersive and positive experience. I decided to give Ms. Chance another go when a while ago I read her entry in the On the Prowl anthology and fell in love with the characters. When I read that this series was incorporated into that, I decided to give it a go. I am very glad that I did.
Midnight’s Daughter had some trite aspects, as can only be expected when one deals with Dracula, and since it is an off-shoot from Ms. Chance’s Cassie Palmer series it suffers from bits of back-story being forcefully incorporated, but all-in-all I found in to be an engrossing and delightful read. I enjoyed the characters; they were complex enough to have me wanting to go back for more even to the point of maybe giving the Cassie Palmer series another shot (I couldn’t make it past the fates in book two. A silly failing, but their appearance made me need to wash and I just never got past it. Maybe with this storyline to look forward to I can push myself past it with minimum hand-washing.). The plot of this volume was well done, giving both depth and substance to the characters and the world, and It left enough lose ends to have me want to come back to see where they lead, but not so many as to cause extreme frustration. Overall I enjoyed this book.
I give this book four stars.
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Midnight’s Daughter had some trite aspects, as can only be expected when one deals with Dracula, and since it is an off-shoot from Ms. Chance’s Cassie Palmer series it suffers from bits of back-story being forcefully incorporated, but all-in-all I found in to be an engrossing and delightful read. I enjoyed the characters; they were complex enough to have me wanting to go back for more even to the point of maybe giving the Cassie Palmer series another shot (I couldn’t make it past the fates in book two. A silly failing, but their appearance made me need to wash and I just never got past it. Maybe with this storyline to look forward to I can push myself past it with minimum hand-washing.). The plot of this volume was well done, giving both depth and substance to the characters and the world, and It left enough lose ends to have me want to come back to see where they lead, but not so many as to cause extreme frustration. Overall I enjoyed this book.
I give this book four stars.
http://masquerader.harshmage.com/category/reviews/
Best read as part of the Cassie Palmer series, this book details what's going on with Mircea's family during the action of Curse The Dawn. It starts off a bit clumsily as it's trying to quickly brief the reader of the world that most readers will already know about. I liked the back-story of the family and there's a lot of tie-ins with the other series. The character of Claire was a bit woolly but overall an enjoyable break from Cassie's narration.
I wasn't ready to be done with the Cassie Palmer series when I finished Hunt the Moon. Unfortunately, for right now, that's the last book in that series. So I decided to finally start the Dorina series so I'll be caught up for [b:Fury's Kiss|12114440|Fury's Kiss (Dorina Basarab, #3)|Karen Chance|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1335403194s/12114440.jpg|17083622] in October.
Dorina is the 500 year old dhampire daughter of Mircea. They have quite a strained relationship to say the leat considering dhampires are considered a disgrace in the vampire world and are usually killed before they get too old. They are also prone to berserk rages in times of high stress.
Mircea calls upon Dorina to help capture uncle Dracula who escaped from his prison and tends to have one thing on his mind, killing his family. Dorina is not happy about this assignment, but Mircea has agreed to use the Senate to help her look for her missing roomate / friend Claire. With no other option Dorina agrees, however, instead of capture Dracula again she intends to kill him. Aiding her in her task is Louis-Cesare. We saw Louis-Cesare in the first Cassie book, but he will be a permanent fixtured in this series I believe.
There's a part of me that liked Dorina's book better than Cassie's. First of all, I find that Cassie's books always start off running and there's very little down time. From the first page readers are thrown right in the middle of an ongoing conflict and then we have to back up a little to fgure out what's going on. Here Karen Chance starts off with a little background information before throwing us into the search for Dracula. Sometimes in the Cassie books the time-traveling can cause confusion (although this lessens the more you read into the books, when you get used to it). With Dorina, Karen Chance cleverly gives us stories from the past with a different kind of time travel, not physically, but in dreams. I think that makes it a little easier to comprehend right off the bat.
Karen Chance also does a great job with the building tension between Dorina and Louis-Cesare. There was a slow build from the beginning and while things between them certainly heat up, I think it'll be a couple of books before they are completely together.
I also really liked Mircea. In the Cassie Palmer books I don't mind him. I prefer Pritkin (but that's for other reviews). In Cassie's world he just seems so controlling and a little closed off to her at times because he's trying so hard to protect her. Here, we see him in a different light and while I don't know if it will change my perception of him in the other series, I certainly like his character here. He's a father. We don't look at him as a lover, here he's very paternal. They have a strained relationship, but subtly his actions speak that maybe their relationship has been distorted. That maybe it's not really how Dorina perceives it at all. I hope they can build upon their relationship in books to come and we can see him be more caring towards her and she to him.
Over all, is nothing else the Dorina series just expands upon the world created in the Cassie Palmer series. But it really can stand on its own. I look forward to reading [b:Death's Mistress|6203049|Death's Mistress (Dorina Basarab, #2)|Karen Chance|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233794517s/6203049.jpg|6383596]. Until Then!
Dorina is the 500 year old dhampire daughter of Mircea. They have quite a strained relationship to say the leat considering dhampires are considered a disgrace in the vampire world and are usually killed before they get too old. They are also prone to berserk rages in times of high stress.
Mircea calls upon Dorina to help capture uncle Dracula who escaped from his prison and tends to have one thing on his mind, killing his family. Dorina is not happy about this assignment, but Mircea has agreed to use the Senate to help her look for her missing roomate / friend Claire. With no other option Dorina agrees, however, instead of capture Dracula again she intends to kill him. Aiding her in her task is Louis-Cesare. We saw Louis-Cesare in the first Cassie book, but he will be a permanent fixtured in this series I believe.
There's a part of me that liked Dorina's book better than Cassie's. First of all, I find that Cassie's books always start off running and there's very little down time. From the first page readers are thrown right in the middle of an ongoing conflict and then we have to back up a little to fgure out what's going on. Here Karen Chance starts off with a little background information before throwing us into the search for Dracula. Sometimes in the Cassie books the time-traveling can cause confusion (although this lessens the more you read into the books, when you get used to it). With Dorina, Karen Chance cleverly gives us stories from the past with a different kind of time travel, not physically, but in dreams. I think that makes it a little easier to comprehend right off the bat.
Karen Chance also does a great job with the building tension between Dorina and Louis-Cesare. There was a slow build from the beginning and while things between them certainly heat up, I think it'll be a couple of books before they are completely together.
I also really liked Mircea. In the Cassie Palmer books I don't mind him. I prefer Pritkin (but that's for other reviews). In Cassie's world he just seems so controlling and a little closed off to her at times because he's trying so hard to protect her. Here, we see him in a different light and while I don't know if it will change my perception of him in the other series, I certainly like his character here. He's a father. We don't look at him as a lover, here he's very paternal. They have a strained relationship, but subtly his actions speak that maybe their relationship has been distorted. That maybe it's not really how Dorina perceives it at all. I hope they can build upon their relationship in books to come and we can see him be more caring towards her and she to him.
Over all, is nothing else the Dorina series just expands upon the world created in the Cassie Palmer series. But it really can stand on its own. I look forward to reading [b:Death's Mistress|6203049|Death's Mistress (Dorina Basarab, #2)|Karen Chance|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1233794517s/6203049.jpg|6383596]. Until Then!
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Dorina Basarab is back in a whole new series. Midnight’s Daughter is the first book in this series. For those of you who have not read Karen Chance’s first trilogy, then let me tell you a little bit about Dorina.
Dorina is a dhampir. What is a dhampir? Think of a dhampir like Wesley Snipes’s character “Blade”, someone who is half human and half vampire. Dory likes what she does by taking out the bad guys one by one. Dory is also a bit of a loner but that’s just the way she likes it. Out of the blue, Dory’s father walks back into her life. There’s no happy reunion for this father and daughter. No, Dory’s father has come to Dory for assistance. He needs her to track and capture the biggest vampire of them all…Dracula. Dory does not want anything to do with this plan especially when it involves her uncle, Dracula. Plus as if that wasn’t enough, Dory’s good friend and room mate, Claire has gone missing. Dory will need all the help she can get this time. Luckily for her...the sexy vampire Louis-Cesare has agreed to team up with Dory to take on Dracula.
First off let me start by saying how much I liked this book. I have read many vampire books but not one where the characters were so strong, no matter if they were the leading characters or the secondary characters. I really enjoyed that because it kept me interested in reading the book as well as connecting with everyone. Dory may only be half vampire but watch out otherwise Dory will give you one hundred percent kick in the ass. Then there was Louis-Cesare, the dark brooding, handsome vampire, who is making Dory’s life miserable. But he definitely knows his way around a woman’s body. Midnight’s Daughter is the first in what I know will be a great new series by Karen Chance.
Dorina is a dhampir. What is a dhampir? Think of a dhampir like Wesley Snipes’s character “Blade”, someone who is half human and half vampire. Dory likes what she does by taking out the bad guys one by one. Dory is also a bit of a loner but that’s just the way she likes it. Out of the blue, Dory’s father walks back into her life. There’s no happy reunion for this father and daughter. No, Dory’s father has come to Dory for assistance. He needs her to track and capture the biggest vampire of them all…Dracula. Dory does not want anything to do with this plan especially when it involves her uncle, Dracula. Plus as if that wasn’t enough, Dory’s good friend and room mate, Claire has gone missing. Dory will need all the help she can get this time. Luckily for her...the sexy vampire Louis-Cesare has agreed to team up with Dory to take on Dracula.
First off let me start by saying how much I liked this book. I have read many vampire books but not one where the characters were so strong, no matter if they were the leading characters or the secondary characters. I really enjoyed that because it kept me interested in reading the book as well as connecting with everyone. Dory may only be half vampire but watch out otherwise Dory will give you one hundred percent kick in the ass. Then there was Louis-Cesare, the dark brooding, handsome vampire, who is making Dory’s life miserable. But he definitely knows his way around a woman’s body. Midnight’s Daughter is the first in what I know will be a great new series by Karen Chance.
Need to like vampires and mystical creatures to read this which I do. It was interesting story, but in some ways still a classic vampire story.